and three companies of the First Louisiana cavalry, of the Nineteenth, were attacked by a small body of rebels, but on the approach of our battery disappeared before we could get a shot at them.
Two years into the Civil War, black soldiers prepared for battle ... fortified position were two African American units: the First Louisiana — which was one of the few units commanded by ...
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The Town Talk (Alexandria) on MSNLouisiana had highest number of Blacks who fought in Civil WarLouisiana was also the first of the U.S.C.T. to promote Black ... were vital to the Union Army’s operation.” After the Civil ...
This story is the first in a series of articles that will highlight kind souls who defied racial tensions and made positive differences in Louisiana after the Civil War and before the ...
The LSU Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will host Eddie Vaugh, member of the Baton Rouge Civil War Round Table, 2:30 p.m. Feb. 19, at the Baton Rouge Bluebonnet Library, 9200 Bluebonnet Blvd., Baton ...
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